Thought pure and simple is as near to God as we can get; it… - Samuel Butler

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Thought pure and simple is as near to God as we can get; it is through this that we are linked with God.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (December 4, 1835 – June 18, 1902) was a British satirist, most famous for his novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

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Our choice is apparently most free, and we are least obviously driven to determine our course, in those cases where the future is most obscure, that is, when the balance of advantage appears most doubtful.

The Discobolus is put here because he is vulgar — He has neither vest nor pants with which to cover his limbs.

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it you are lost.

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